Résultats pour "Monster" dans Policier, thrillers et œuvres à suspense

Acclaimed author Michael Grant delivers a stunning follow-up to the globally bestselling Gone series—perfect for fans of Stephen King’s suspenseful writing. It’s been four years since a meteor hit Perdido Beach and everyone disappeared. Everyone, except the kids trapped in the FAYZ—an...

A host of the smartest young adult authors come together in this collection of scary stories and psychological thrillers curated by Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea's April Genevieve Tucholke. Each story draws from a classic tale or two - sometimes of the horror genre, sometimes not - to inspire something new and fresh and terrifying. There are no superficial scares here; these are stories that will make you think, even as they keep you on the edge of your seat. This collection has something for any listener looking for a thrill.

Lori muss nachsitzen! Ausgerechnet sie soll den gesamten Samstag zur Strafe in der Schule verbringen – und das auch noch zusammen mit den größten Chaoten weit und breit. Doch es kommt noch schlimmer: Der Draufgänger Brandon überredet Lori, das verlassene Schulgebäude zu erkunden. Dabei stoßen die Jugendlichen auf den Eingang zu einem unterirdischen Tunnelsystem – ein fataler Fehler.

Enter a world where it's Halloween every day and where the monsters are normal, and the normal are monsters... I'm Ali Welson, and I'm the most normal, goody-two-shoes girl you'll meet. It's how I survive a strict home, far from the mysterious Dark Corruption that converts people into B-movie monsters on contact. But after a close call, Monstreuse, the monster academy, sends an obnoxious sorcerer to claim an unwilling new student--me. Only it's a mistake, I swear. I never touched the Corruption, as much as Byron insists otherwise. But when my family disowns me, I have no choice but to go.

Every night, Adachi transforms into a nightmarish creature--and every morning, he reverts to human form. When he encounters his ostracized classmate Yano Satsuki in his monstrous state, the two develop a peculiar bond. But daylight brings its own form of terrors. Which is worse, the monsters at night, or the cruel realities of the classroom by day?

Sometimes I feel like I have walked into the middle of a movie. Maybe I can make my own movie. The film will be the story of my life. No, not my life, but of this experience. I'll call it what the lady who is the prosecutor called me: Monster.

When a horrific loss throws Monster High into a state of grave upheaval, Draculaura and the other ghouls find themselves coping in different ways. For her part, the chaos at school is making Draculaura sick. She finds escape only by slipping away to the cemetery to pore over her mom's old journals. It's there that she meets Poe. If her ghoulfriends find out she's fallen for a normie, they'll freak. And if Poe discovers she's a vampire, his monster-hunting dad may have a stake in the matter.

"Plötzlich Hexer. Was tun, wenn du plötzlich Dinge siehst, die nicht real sein dürften? Der schaurig-schöne Auftakt zur neuen Urban Fantasy Serie von Kirsten Storm." Lock und seine Freunde lassen sich von einer Hexe die Zukunft voraussagen. Doch kaum ergreift die alte Frau Locks Hand, um darin zu lesen, stirbt sie an einem Herzinfarkt. Dabei überträgt sie ihre Kräfte auf ihn. Plötzlich sieht er Dinge, die es nicht geben dürfte. Bei seinem Job als Pfleger beobachtet er fassungslos, wie eine rauchgraue Kreatur über dem Bett der rüstigen Frau Jenks schwebt und ihr die Seele aussaugt.

As I approach my first-year anniversary in Monstreuse, I'm wishing that my fellow students were the only danger...But when you're secretly the reason everyone in the monster reserve is no longer normal, and you can't help it, life is more complicated. I still don't know our admin's plans for me, and worse, the Society wants revenge on me. Rumblings from the normal world tell us we could all be in grave danger soon.

My time at Monster Academy continues to get more dangerous...I've survived the first semester in Monstreuse. But my life continues to tangle, just like my budding relationship with Byron, my obnoxious, sorcerer tutor. It turns out my strange powers are tied to the force turning my fellow students into monsters, and that's not awkward at all. And it definitely doesn't put a target on my back.

Um Drachenreiterin zu werden, ist Lyra gezwungen, am Bindungsritual der Dragonblood Academy teilzunehmen. Kael ist nicht nur ein gefährlicher Krieger, sondern auch der Sohn des Mannes, der ihren Vater ermordet hat. Kann Lyra ihm vertrauen? Oder wird sie an ihrer Rache festhalten, selbst wenn sie dadurch alles verliert: ihren Drachen, ihre Freiheit und vielleicht sogar ihr Herz?

Vanessa is a vampire, and as she grows older, she is finding it more and more difficult to hide that fact from the mortals among whom she lives. She's ecstatic when her parents offer her the opportunity to attend a school entirely for monsters—not just for vampires, but for werewolves, mummies, zombies, witches and wizards, and so many more.

Meet Alex Finch - tomboy, techno geek, monster hunter. Reluctant monster hunter. A school project, an absentminded project partner, and a misplaced backpack all change 16-year-old Alex Finch's life forever. In a single afternoon Alex finds the missing backpack, has a run-in with Sam, the boy she's had a crush on since first grade - and discovers that monsters are real.

Varian Farm—a place shrouded in mystery. Led by an iron-fisted noble, its fields bear endless fruit. Its animals produce the finest wools, milks, and cheeses. But prosperity comes at a price. Deep beneath the manor house, a secret slumbers. For hundreds of years, it’s sat dormant, controlled by the noble House of Varian. The world is changing though. A recent earthquake has unearthed treasure in the valley. Hidden from view, a chain reaction is underway. The valley is evolving. Life will never be the same.

In Sleepy Hollow, teen detective Nick investigates the death of a woman killed in a werewolf attack. There is no such creature, is there? Now Nick is just another 15-year-old trying to settle into his family's new life in Savannah, Georgia. Except when his mom's childhood friend Isabel Canon writes to the family saying there is a werewolf running loose in Sleepy Hollow, Nick boards a train headed for New York to help solve a murder mystery. As often happens when Nick begins to examine the clues, things start to go wrong as soon as he arrives.

Nick Caden became an internet celebrity for almost a whole day when he discovered Billy the Kid's killer in the "living" ghost town of Deadwood. (Not the real Billy the Kid - he's long dead). When the owner of the Cool Ghoul Gazette learned of Nick's super sleuthing skills, he hired Nick to investigate the death of a vampire in Transylvania, North Carolina. (Not a real vampire, right?). Then, only hours before the start of Savannah's Halloween night Zombie Crawl, Nick' investigates the rumors that one of the walking-dead comes alive during the event, bringing his sister.

Alex has recovered from her deadly battle with the woman who took Sam. Now she is helping run the underground haven, and learning to live with the inhuman residents. When one of the residents is murdered, suspicion falls on Sam. And her greatest fear starts happening again - that she'll lose him. This time for good. As the body count goes up, Alex is determined to find the real killer, no matter what the cost. For her, the cost may end up being her life.

Alex Finch survived her first encounter with monsters. But in the fallout, she lost Sam, and gained a vicious, clawed Devil as a stalker. Now, a random attack, a threatening note, and a surprising discovery lead Alex closer to the truth of what happened ten years ago. With the help of her new friends, she digs even deeper into Emmettsville's past, and finds out that learning the truth has consequences. Sometimes, deadly consequences.

Her name is Sarah. She's blonde, blue-eyed, and Jewish in 1939 Germany. And her act of resistance is about to change the world. After her mother is shot at a checkpoint, fifteen-year-old Sarah meets a mysterious man with an ambiguous accent, a suspiciously bare apartment, and a lockbox full of...

But Nick Caden's vacation becomes a nightmare when this "living" ghost town takes a deadly turn toward trouble. Soon Nick finds himself trapped in a stable with the infamous outlaw Jesse James. The shooter whirls, aims and...vanishes. Great theatrics, Nick thinks. Only then does he discover the body of a real dead cowboy. Soon Nick is caught in a deadly chase - from an abandoned gold mine, through forbidden buffalo hunting grounds, and across Rattlesnake Gulch. Around every turn he finds another suspect.